WorksheetsHistory of Modern Europe
Total questions: 37
Worksheet time: 19mins
Who is the scientist who contributed to math and physics?
Christopher Columbus
Ferdinand Magellan
Galileo
Prince Henry
Isaac Newton
Who is the scientist who wrote that Earth orbited the sun?
Christopher Columbus
Ferdinand Magellan
Galileo
Prince Henry
Isaac Newton
Who is the explorer who navigated a voyage around the world for Spain?
Christopher Columbus
Ferdinand Magellan
Galileo
Prince Henry
Isaac Newton
Who is the explorer whose voyages for Spain started the European exploration of the Americas?
Christopher Columbus
Ferdinand Magellan
Galileo
Prince Henry
Isaac Newton
Who is the Portuguese leader who founded a navigation school and sponsored voyages along the African coast?
Christopher Columbus
Ferdinand Magellan
Galileo
Prince Henry
Isaac Newton
Which of the following was a main goal of the Spanish in exploring the Americas?
gaining gold and silver
establishing plantations
trapping valuable animals
enslaving the native populations
Which of the following was not an effect of the Columbian Exchange?
Horses were introduced to Europe.
Europeans converted to new religions.
Eating habits around the world changed.
New technologies were used throughout the world.
The document that made taxes fairer and guaranteed rights of speech, press, and religion
Magna Carta
English Bill of Rights
Declaration of Independence
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
The document limiting the power of the English monarch and establishing the right to trial by jury
Magna Carta
English Bill of Rights
Declaration of Independence
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
The document outlawing cruel and unusual punishment and listing rights for English Parliament including the power to pass laws and raise taxes
Magna Carta
English Bill of Rights
Declaration of Independence
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
The document that used ideas of Locke and Rousseau about government and natural rights to announce the break between Great Britain and thirteen of its colonies
Magna Carta
English Bill of Rights
Declaration of Independence
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
Which of the following characterized the Enlightenment?
obeying a monarch’s rule
revolting against democracies
using reason to improve society
applying religion to everyday life
Why was Napoleon important in history?
His military ideas still influence political thought today.
His democratic ideas spread across Europe.
His armies conquered much of Europe.
His family still rules France today.
Why did the Industrial Revolution start in Great Britain?
Great Britain had all of the factors of production.
Great Britain had the strongest military in the world.
Great Britain needed jobs for its expanding population.
Great Britain needed markets for its manufactured goods.
What machine was used to power most factories?
water frame
steam engine
Bessemer steel process
telegraph
What was used to send messages over a long distance?
water frame
steam engine
Bessemer steel process
telegraph
What was used to convert iron inexpensively into a stronger product?
water frame
steam engine
Bessemer steel process
telegraph
What machine that could produce dozens of threads at one time?
water frame
steam engine
Bessemer steel process
telegraph
Tell whether the following statement was a positive or negative effect of the Industrial Revolution. Many workers stayed poor.
Positive Effect
Negative Effect
Tell whether the following statement was a positive or negative effect of the Industrial Revolution. Workers lived in cramped, unsafe apartments.
Positive Effect
Negative Effect
Tell whether the following statement was a positive or negative effect of the Industrial Revolution. Cities became dirty, noisy, crowded, and disease-filled.
Positive Effect
Negative Effect
Tell whether the following statement was a positive or negative effect of the Industrial Revolution. Manufactured goods became cheaper and more available.
Positive Effect
Negative Effect
Tell whether the following statement was a positive or negative effect of the Industrial Revolution. More people joined the middle class by becoming wealthier.
Positive Effect
Negative Effect
The competition between countries for colonies?
alliances
nationalism
imperialism
militarism
The desire of different ethnic groups to have an independent nation-state?
alliances
nationalism
imperialism
militarism
The splitting of major European countries into two rival groups of countries?
alliances
nationalism
imperialism
militarism
The competition between countries to have the strongest armies and navies?
alliances
nationalism
imperialism
militarism
Which of the following was an effect of World War I?
Austria-Hungary paid for war damages.
A Communist government came to power in Russia.
Serbia accepted responsibility for causing the war.
A Communist government came to power in Germany
Tell me who was the German Dictator?
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Joseph Stalin
Tell me who was the Italian Dictator?
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Joseph Stalin
Tell me who was the Soviet Dictator?
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Joseph Stalin
How did Germany take over so much territory so quickly at the beginning of World War II?
by bombing capital cities
by using the Luftwaffe to attack foreign ships
by seizing control of train depots
by using the blitzkrieg to overpower opposing forces
What was the Holocaust?
the inflation of German currency
the mass execution of six million Jews
the Allied invasion of Normandy, France
the dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan
The Cold War divided European countries into Communist countries belonging to
The Allies
The Axis
NATO
the Warsaw pact
The Cold War divided European countries into non-Communist countries belonging to
The Allies
The Axis
NATO
the Warsaw pact
How was Yugoslavia affected by the end of the Cold War?
It unified with neighboring countries.
Different ethnic groups fought civil wars to control territory.
It split into a confederation of nation-states.
Ethnic groups separated peacefully into different nation-states.
What is the purpose of the European Union?
to unite former Communist countries with other European countries
to generate European economic growth and compete with former Communist countries
to unite different European countries under one government
to promote political and economic cooperation between European counties
